Musical-instrument rack



July 17, 1923..` 1,461,920

' l R. E.- LARSON MUSICAL INSTRUMENT RACK Filed July525 1922 PatentedJuly 17,1923. 1,461,9Zd UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. LAR-SON, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT RACK.

Application led July 25, 1922. Serial No. 577,312.

To aZZw/wme't may concern.' which is adapted to engage and hold said Beit known that I, ROBERT E. LARsoN, a member c in position on said memberb1. citizen of the United States, residing at San The supports c arealso each vprovided with Diego, in the county of San Diego'and State acurved portion S which will be hereafter 6G 5 of California, haveinvented a new and usedescribed.

ful Musical-Instrument Rack, of which the A member 7c is provided on itsone end following` is a speciication. with a. loop 9 which adapts it tobe mounted My invention relates to improvements in on member 1 and isprovided with a setmusical instrument racks, on which there screw lwhich is adapted to engage and G5 l0 are provided supports on which anum hold it in position on the member 1 where ber of musical instrumentsmay be placed it is mounted between the supports c. This so that any oneof the instruments may member /c is also provided with an elonbe quicklyplaced thereon by the playerl gated portion ll which will be describedand another put into use by him. It is or more fully hereafter. 70 lparticular value to the player of reed instru- The base a is provided onits surface with ments as the liability of having the reed ina numberor" supports d. These supports Z jured by falling or being' dropped,makes it are pyramidal in shape and are firmly mountnecessary to havesome suoli device for the ed on said base a, and are of a size to suitprotection orn the instrument, and at the same the instrument to besupported thereon. 75 time have the instruments so disposed that Therack shown inthe drawing is designed the player can quickly changeinstruments to support two saxophones and three clariinthe playing ofselections where the change nets, but muy l e enlarged or modiiied tofrom one instrument in the same selection is accommodate a larger numberof instrurequired to be made so as not to interfere ments, orinstruments oit diil'erent kinds. 80 with the worlr of the play. Thecurved portion 8 of the support is I attain these objects by the deviceillusadapted to act as a rest Jfor a saxophone or trated in theaccompanying drawing, in other instrument not shown in the drawings,which: and the curved portion l of the portion 3 is Figure 1 is a frontelevational view of my adapted to enter the snap-ring of said saxo- 85device; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view thru phone or other instrumentand support the line 2 2 in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan samethereon by letting said snap-ring rest view thru line 3 3, and Fig. 4 isan enin said curved portion and against said larged broken sectionalview of the top supshoulder 5. The projecting portion ll of port member.the member 7c serves to keep the two instru- Similar Characters refer toSimilar parts ments suspended on the portion l from comthroughout theseveral views. ing in contact with each other as is obvious The base cand the adjustable upright o from the position of the members c and 7cas form the principal parts of my invention. shown in F ig. 3, of thedrawings.

The adjustable upright consists of the The members d are each adapted topro- 95 two members 1 and b2. The member b1 is vide a support 'for aclarinet or other inhollow and is mounted in the base a at a1. strumentnot shown in the dra-wings, by The member Z22 is slidably mounted inmemplacing the bell-shaped end of the said inber b1 and is adapted to beadjusted to strument over the supportd and letting said change thelength of the member b. The bell-shaped end rest on the base a. It isthus 100 5 member b2. is provided on its upper end with plainly shownthat by the use of the device a horizontal portion 3 on each end ofwhich shown and described there is provided an is a small upwardlycurved portion 4, which instrument rack which holds a number ot' isoE-set on the ends of the portion 3 so as instruments in a compact formand convento provide a shoulder 5. In the upper end ient position forthe performer to quickly 105 of the member 1 there is provided asetchange :trom one instrument to another, and

screw g which is adapted to engage and which provides a secure place forthe instruhold the member b2 in position in the memments to rest andwhich prevents the instruber b1. The Supports c are each provided atment from falling and becoming injured one end with a loop 6 whichadapts it to be thereby. 11o adj ustably mounted on the upright memberWhat I claim is:

b1, and each is provided with a set-screw 7 An instrument racl;comprising a base member, en upright member mounted on said base member,an adjustable member provided at one end with e horizontal portion withu plurality of Curved instrument support portions each off-Set on saidhorizontal portion, adjustably mounted in -saicl upright member,adjustable support members mounted on said upright member, and aseparating member mounted on Suid upright member between said two lastmen` l0 tioned support members.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my nume in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT E, LARSON. lVitnesses:

E. E. RODABAUGH, ALMA WrooDRUFF.

